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Published:Saturday | May 9, 2020 | 12:16 AM

Vendors and store operators who would normally score big on Mother’s Day baskets are lamenting that the novel coronavirus has put a dent in their sales. Kaydyonne Thomas, owner of a gift store in the Pavilion Mall, located in Half Way Tree, said...

Published:Saturday | May 9, 2020 | 12:16 AMDanae Hyman/Staff Reporter

Scores of people who turned up yesterday at the Pavilion Mall to collect their government-issued compassionate grants at Western Union made a mockery of physical distancing as they converge on the financial institution. There were long lines...

Published:Saturday | May 9, 2020 | 12:16 AM

No sooner than the Government’s announced its intention to restart the economy, private sector groups are advocating for longer working hours to fast-track recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a collaborative move, the Jamaica Manufacturers...

Published:Saturday | May 9, 2020 | 12:00 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer

DOVER, St Mary: Residents of Epsom and Dover in St Mary are on edge, but have accepted quarantine measures imposed by the Government to curtail the spread of the dreaded coronavirus in that parish. Security checkpoints at both ends of the parish...

Published:Saturday | May 9, 2020 | 12:13 AM

“I know this has been some difficult times for us with the pandemic, but I know we are going to get through this together – Jamaica together. We are going to continue our social distancing. We are going to continue practising our incredible hygiene...

Published:Saturday | May 9, 2020 | 12:08 AMJudana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

It was a double whammy of inconvenience for Sharon Carter, a vendor in Metcalfe Market, Annotto Bay. Carter, who lives in St Catherine, had just recently been relieved of the lockdown in the parish and is now being affected by the quarantine which...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:18 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

The wet weather last Saturday (May 2) could not dampen the spirits of award-winning gospel artiste and ordained evangelist Kevin Downswell as he ventured into the St Catherine community of Central Village, where he spent some of his formative years...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Health Ministry is reporting an additional two coronavirus cases in Jamaica increasing the tally to 490. The new patients are both men, one aged 35 years and the other 57 years. The ministry said the 35 year old remains under investigation...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:00 AM

It was not the landing the Jamaicans who arrived at Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport on Wednesday evening would want again. The 43 Jamaican ship workers of the Marella Discovery 2 were among the 115 people aboard the TUI charter flight that touched down amid the Kingston breeze and evening sunset.

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:26 AM

Professor Frederick Hickling, one of Jamaica’s most respected psychiatrists and pioneer of cultural therapy, has died. He was 74. “I have no more words,” tweeted his daughter Dr Deborah Hickling yesterday evening, announcing his death. “Love you...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell and Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writers

Days after The Gleaner reported a clarion call from Port Maria Mayor Richard Creary for the quarantine of St Mary communities owing to growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the parish, the Government responded with the lockdown of three...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:26 AMJudana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

Sandra Ferguson resides with her children and grandchildren in a concrete dwelling that is sectioned into four living quarters in the Fort George Road area of Annotto Bay. With 10 of them sharing kitchen and bathroom facilities, Ferguson said...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:25 AM

Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter Conceding that healthcare workers in the public sector are burnt out as they combat COVID-19, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is taking steps to boost its...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:25 AMCecelia Campbell-Livingston/Gleaner Writer

Latoya Rose used the last $3,000 she had to invest in 26 baby chicks and feed with the hope of turning a profit after they matured. Last Friday, as the Spaldings resident went to her coop to feed the chickens, they were all gone. “When I don’t see...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:25 AMPaul Clarke/Gleaner Writer

An application earlier this year by Mahoe Gaming Enterprises Limited (MGEL) has not benefited from any preferential treatment by the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC). That was the finding of ex-commissioner of the Integrity...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 9:18 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter

Tears flowed yesterday down the face of Donaree Anderson, cousin of 15-year-old Nyron Taylor, one of two children shot dead in west Kingston hours apart on Wednesday. Eight-year-old Toya Brown was the other child killed just days into the month...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 9:16 AMLeon Jackson/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Some displaced Iberostar employees in Rose Hall, St James, are angry with their employer, charging that they have been unable to benefit from the Government’s COVID-19 relief programme because of the hotel’s failure to pay over...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 9:03 AM

We continue to witness with pride the resilience of our Jamaican people each day as they continue to work hard to maintain a sense of normality and keep their homes and families together despite the challenges of COVID-19. Let us continue to stand...

Published:Friday | May 8, 2020 | 12:06 AMJason Cross/Gleaner Writer

The rising murders and bloodletting in the St Andrew South Police Division is not lost on Ileen Graham, whose 21-year-old son, Shannon Staple, was killed by gunmen on Phillip Avenue in Olympic Gardens on Sunday morning. Despite the police division...

Published:Thursday | May 7, 2020 | 12:00 AM

The Health Ministry has announced a 14-day quarantine for three St Mary communities after a sharp increase in the number of cases there in the past week. As of six o'clock this morning the communities of Dover, Enfield and Annotto Bay have...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:57 AMChristopher Serju/Gleaner Writer

Jamaicans have been warned to exercise caution and adhere to social-distancing and personal-health protocols even though the transmission curve of COVID-19 appears to be flattening. National Epidemiologist Dr Karen Webster-Kerr disclosed via a...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:57 AMDanae Hyman/Staff Reporter

Michael Forrester, one of the 115 Jamaicans who were stranded in the United Kingdom and arrived aboard a TUI charter flight yesterday, revealed that his main reason for leaving his homeland was to tend to his elderly mother. Now that he has...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:56 AMDanae Hyman/Staff Reporter

The night was heavy with grief as the mother of an eight-year-old child who was murdered at her home yesterday afternoon wailed uncontrollably in the arms of a policeman at her Denham Town, Kingston, home. According to a police source, the child...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:55 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: A travel ban on incoming passengers triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a thunderous blow to Airbnb home-sharing investors locally, real-estate tycoon Angella Whitter has said. The international real estate agency market...

Published:Sunday | May 17, 2020 | 8:54 AMJudana Murphy/Gleaner Writer

It has been more than a decade since two days of torrential rainfall sank the road connecting Aleppo Heights and Cromwell Land in St Mary. The road was fully rehabilitated by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund in partnership with the Aleppo...

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